Damsire Soldennis (IRE) Country Japan Species Equus caballus Parents Theft Earnings 4.257 million JPY | Foaled 1948 Colour Bay Owner Masaichi Nagata Sex Colt Grandsire Tetratema | |
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Dam Daini Tyrant's Queen (JPN) Breeder Honkiri spread Co., Ltd. | ||
Tokino Minoru (Japanese : トキノミノル, May 2, 1948 - June 20, 1951) was a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse, who was an undefeated winner of his 10 race starts, which included the Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby).
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Breeding
He was sired by Theft (GB), a son of Tetratema (IRE), out of Daini Tyrant's Queen, a daughter of Soldennis. He was a brother to Daring and a half-brother to Izutada, by Tokino Chikara. Theft was the sire of Bostonian who also won the Tokyo Yushun (Derby). Tokino Minoru was inbred in the third and fourth generations (3m x 4f) to The Tetrarch.
Racing career
He died in 1951 from tetanus.
Honours
An important three-year-old stakes race called Tokinominoru Kinene (Memorial) is named in his honour and held at the Tokyo racecourse. Tokino Minoru was inducted into the Japan Racing Association Hall of Fame in 1984.